Question

When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental(心理的) health problems.

When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn’t like the doctor’s white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.

But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh.

When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called “the Gusundheit Institute”，together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.

Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”

1.Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?

A. because he was a warm person

B. because he had mental health problem

C. because he was a clown

D. because he wasn’t the same as others

2.The Gusundheit Institute

A. was a hospital

B. belonged to Universal Pictures

C. could make films

D. was a medical school

3.According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?

A. Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients

B. Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend.

C. In Adams’ opinion, not only medicine was needed for patients

D. Robin Williams was an actor

4.The passage mainly tells us about

A. how to cheer up patients

B. people with mental health problems

C. a film about Adams

D. a doctor named Hunter Adams

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：青少年时的享特•亚当斯很不幸，他在一家心理疾病康复医院里过了很多年。当他离开医院时，亚当斯决定成为一名医生，因此他去了美国弗吉尼亚州的一所医学院学医。医学院毕业后，他成了一名医生。亚当斯与其他医生开办了一家自己的医院——名叫the Gusundheit Institute。在20世纪80年代，享特•亚当斯声名远扬。在1998年，环球影业拍了一部介绍他生平的电影。在电影里，罗宾•威廉斯扮演亚当斯。威廉斯说：“享特是一个真正的热心人，他相信病人需要一个能和自己做朋友的医生。我喜欢扮演他”。

1.D细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.”可知医学院的医生不喜欢亚当斯，是因为他太不一样，be different=not the same。所以选D。

2.A细节理解题。根据第四段中Adams opened his own hospital, called “the Gusundheit Institute”可知亚当斯开了一家自己的医院，叫作“the Gusundheit Institute”，所以选A。

3.B细节理解题。根据最后一段中hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend.可知亚当斯相信病人需要一个能和自己做朋友的医生，而不是罗宾•威廉斯。所以选B。

4.主旨大意题。文章主要向我们讲述了一位名叫享特•亚当斯的医生。所以选D。

考点：人物传记类短文阅读。